Time to Work Employment Service
The former voluntary in-prison employment service for First Nations people.
Non-remote delivery ended in 2024; remote delivery ended in 2025
- Official publisher
- Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Sources last reviewed
- 6 August 2026
- ServiceCite coverage
- Historical links only
- Official overview
- Open publisher page
ServiceCite records a reviewed public profile and official links only. The program is not included in ServiceCite policy search, and no operational completeness is claimed.
Search currently covers IEA Guidelines Parts A and B, Workforce Australia Part A, and the Part B guidelines for Workforce Australia Services, Self-Employment Assistance, Transition to Work, Career Transition Assistance and Employability Skills Training.
Any deeper historical treatment requires First Nations-led governance and validation of jurisdictional and transition context.
Former program
TWES ended before the phased REAL program. DEWR identifies its evaluation and consultation history as part of the REAL design context.
DEWR TWES historyOfficial sources and reviewed links
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- history
Time to Work Employment Service resources
The official DEWR archive of TWES public resources.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Open source: Time to Work Employment Service resources
Related programs
- Related to REAL design history
Reconnection, Employment and Learning Program
The official REAL history records lessons from TWES; this is not presented as a simple one-date replacement.
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